Isaiah 38:18
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
For Sheol cannot thank You; Death cannot praise You. Those who descend to the Pit cannot hope for Your faithfulness.

Young's Literal Translation
For Sheol doth not confess Thee, Death doth not praise Thee, Those going down to the pit hope not for Thy truth.

King James Bible
For the grave cannot praise thee, death can [not] celebrate thee: they that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth.

Hebrew
For
כִּ֣י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

Sheol
שְׁא֛וֹל (šə·’ō·wl)
Noun - common singular
Strong's 7585: Underworld (place to which people descend at death)

cannot
לֹ֥א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

thank You;
תּוֹדֶ֖ךָּ (tō·w·ḏe·kā)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person feminine singular | second person masculine singular
Strong's 3034: To throw, at, away, to revere, worship, to bemoan

death
מָ֣וֶת (mā·weṯ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4194: Death, the dead, their place, state, pestilence, ruin

cannot praise You.
יְהַלְלֶ֑ךָּ (yə·hal·le·kā)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | second person masculine singular
Strong's 1984: To shine

Those who go down
יֽוֹרְדֵי־ (yō·wr·ḏê-)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct
Strong's 3381: To come or go down, descend

to the Pit
ב֖וֹר (ḇō·wr)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 953: A pit, cistern, well

cannot
לֹֽא־ (lō-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

hope
יְשַׂבְּר֥וּ (yə·śab·bə·rū)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 7663: To scrutinize, to expect

for
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

Your faithfulness.
אֲמִתֶּֽךָ׃ (’ă·mit·te·ḵā)
Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 571: Stability, certainty, truth, trustworthiness

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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